The Vices
This is the introductory panel for a series titled The Vices, which hangs in a philanthropic foundation in Washington, D.C. Painted in egg tempera and gold leaf on gessoed wood, the series was conceived as a polyptych and was executed at the American Academy in Rome, where I was a visiting artist. The images evolved from my research of medieval morality plays and early Italian Renaissance painting of the virtues and vices. I used the architecture of Rome as my backdrop but set the scenes in a contemporary context.
Gluttony
Egg tempera and gold leaf
Hypocrisy
Egg tempera and gold leaf
Lust
Egg tempera and gold leaf
A Dream
Egg tempera
The Lindens Bloom
Egg tempera
Juggling Oranges
Oil and egg tempera
Bernini’s Elephant
Egg tempera
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Egg tempera and gold leaf
Balthazar, King of the Bronx
Egg tempera
Moon over München
Egg tempera on wood
Mothercare
Egg tempera and gold leaf
Jazz
Egg tempera, oil, and gold leaf
Approaching Summer Solstice
Oil on panel
Still Life
Oil on wood